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Into the future's undiscovered land." 



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SEP 15 1904 




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LIFE is real ! Life is earnest I 
(^nd the grave is not its goal ; 
" Dust thou art, to dust returQest," 
Was not spoken of tbe soul. 

Not eojoymenjt^„*at)d not sorrow, 
Is our destined end or way ; 

But to act, that eacb to-morrow 
FiQds us farther than to-day. 

THE PSALM OF LIFE. 



Copyright 1904- 
byDeWolfe.Hskea Co. 



JANUARY 



Look not mournfully into the Past. It coroes not 
back again. Wisely improve the Preseot. It is thine. 
Go forth to meet the shadowy Future without fear, 
and witb a manly heart. hyperion. 



1st 



2d 



3d 



4th 



5th 



6th 



JANUARY 



And wheo the wintry tempest blows, 
And January's sleets and snows 

Are spread o'er every vale and b'H, 
With ooe to tell a merry tale 
O'er roasted nuts and bumroing ale, 
I sit, and care not for the gale ; 

Aod let the world laugh, ao' it will. 

LET ME QO- WARM. 



7th 



8th 



9th 



10th 



nth 



12th 



JANUARY 



No one Is so accursed by face, 
No one so utterly desolate. 

But some heart, tbough uoKnown, 

Responds unto his own. 
Responds, as if, with unseen wings. 
An angel toucbed its quiveriog strings. 

And whispers, in its song, 

"Wbere hast tbou stayed so long ?" 



!3th 



14th 



15th 



I6th 



17th 



idth 



JANUARY 



1 breathed a song into the air, 
It fell to earth, I knew r)ot where ; 
For who has sight so keeo aod stroQg, 
That it can follow the Flight of song ! 

The song from beginning to eod 

1 found again in the heart of a friend. 

THE ARROW AND THE SONQ. 



19th 



20th 



21st 



22cl 



23d 



24th 



JANUARY 



Be still, sad heart! and cease repioing; 
Behind the clouds is tbe suq still shiQiOg; 
Thy fate is the common fate of all. 
Into each life some raio must fall. 

Some days must be dark and dreary. 

THE RAINY DAY. 



25th 



26th 



27th 



28th 



29th 



30th 



JANUARY 



Winter stood at the gate, wagging his white aod 
shaggy beard, like an old harper cbaoting an old 
rhyrrje. hyperion. 

Be Qoble io every thought and in every deed. 

THE QOLDEN LEQENO. 



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FEBRUARY 



Chill airs and wintry winds ! my ear 
Has grown familiar with your song , 

1 hear it in the openiog year,— 
1 listen, and it cheers me long. 

WOODS IN 



1st 

2d 

3d 

4th 

5th 

6th 

IS 



FEBRUARY 



Leafless are tbe trees; their purple brancbes 
Spread themselves abroad, lil^e reefs of coral, 

Rising silent 
In the Red Sea of the winter sunset. 



THE OOLDEN MILESTONE. 



Tth 

8th 
9th 
10th 

nth 

12th 

13 



FEBRUARY 



O beauty of boliness. 

Of self-forgetfulness, of lowliness! 

O power of meekoess, 

Wbose very geotleness and weakness 

Are like the yielding, but irresistable air! 

THE QOUDEN LEGEND. 



13th 
14th 
15th 
16th 
I7th 
18th 

14 



FEBRUARY 



All great aod uQusual occurreoces, whether of 
joy or sorrow, lift us above this earth; and we should 
do well always to preserve this elevation. hyperion. 

Have faith and thy prayer will be answered. 

EVANGELINE. 



19th 

20th 

21st 

22d 

23d 

24th 

15 



FEBRUARY 



But tbe nearer the dawn the darker the night. 
And by going wrong all thiogs come right; 
Thiogs have been meoded tbat were worse, 
And the worse tbe nearer they are to mend. 

TALES OF A WAYSIDE 



25th 



26th 



2Tth 



28th 



29th 



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fiiawacha and Minoehaha. 



MARCH 



Henceforth be mine a life of action and reality! 
1 will worK in my own sphere, nor wisb it other thao 
it is. This alone is health aod happiness. 

HYPERION 

Stay, stay at home my heart ar)d rest ; 
Home-Keeping hearts are happiest. 



1st 

2d 

3d 

4th 

5th 

6th 

18 



MARCH 



Were half the power that fills the world with terror, 
Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts. 
Given to redeem the human n)ind from error, 
There were no need for arsenals and forts. 

THE ARSENAL AT SPRINQFIELD 



7th 



8th 

9th 

10th 

nth 

12th 

19 



MARCH 



God sent His Singers upoQ earth 
With songs of sadness and of mirth. 
That they might touch the hearts of men, 
And bring tb©rn back to heaven again. 

THE SINOEflS 



13th 



14th 



I5th 



16th 



17th 



18th 



MARCH 



strange Is the heart of man, with its quick, mysterious 

instiocts ! 
Strange is the life of man, and fatal or. fated are 

moroents. 
'Whereupon turn, as on hioges, the gates of the wall 

adamaotine. 

THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANOISH 



19th 



20th 

21st 

22d 

23d 

24th 

21 



MARCH 



Golden visioQs wave and hover, 
Goldeo vapours, waters streaming. 
Landscapes moving, changing, gleaming! 
1 am like a happy lover 
Who illumines life with dreamiog ! 

THE GOLDEN LEGEND. 



25th 

26th 

27th 

28th 

29th 

30th 

22 



MARCH 



All is of God ! If He but wave His hand, 

Tbe mists collect, the rains fall thick and loud; 

Till witb a sroile of light on sea aod land, 

Lo ! He looks back froti) tbe departing cloud. 

THE TWO ANQELS. 



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APRIL 



When the warm sun that brings 

Seed tiroe and harvest, has returned again, 
'Tis sweet to visit the still wood, where spriogs 

The first flower of the plain. 

AN APRIL DAY. 



1st 

2d 

3d 

4th 

5th 

6th 

25 



APRIL 



Tbe swallow is come! 
Tbe swallow is come! 

O, fair are the seasons aod light 
Are the days that she brings 
Witb her dusky wings, 

And her bosom sQOwy white! 



Tth 

8th 

9th 

10th 

11th 

12th 

26 



APRI L 



From the eartb's loosened mould 
The sapling draws Its sustenance, and thrives ; 

Though stricken to the heart with Winter's 
cold, 
The drooping tree revives. 

AN APBIL DAY. 



13th 

14th 

15th 

16th 

17th 

Idth 

27 



APRIL 



FeeliQg is deep aod still; and the word that 

floats on tbe surface 
Is as a tossing buoy, that betrays where the 

anchor is bidden. 

EVANGELINE. 



I9th 



20th 



2Ist 



22d 



23d 



24th 



APRIL 



lO the citadel of Time stands man himself, lo 
chlldbood shaped of soft and delicate wood just falieo 
from Heaveo; in manhood, a statue of broQze, com- 
njemorating struggle aod victory; and lastly, in the 
maturity of age, perfectly shaped in gold and ivory 
— a miracle of art! hyperion. 



25th 
26th 
27th 
28th 
29th 
30th 

29 



APRIL 



The earth looks bright, and Winter surly, 
Who has toiled for Qought both late and early, 
is baoished afar by the new-born year. 
Wheo tby merry step draws near. 



30 




Preclosa 



MAY 



Sweet is the air with the budding baws, aod the 

valley stretching for roiles below 
Is white with blossoming cherry - trees, as if just 

covered with lightest snow. 

THE QOLDCM LEGEND. 



1st 



2d 



3d 



4th 



5th 



6th 



MAY 



For tb© structure that we raise, 

Time is with materials filled ; 

Our to-days and yesterdays 

Are the blocks with which we build. 

THE BUILDERS. 



7th 
8th 
9th 
10th 

nth 

12th 

33 



MAY 



If you find a lady who pleases you very much, 
and you wish to marry her, and she will not listen to 
sucb a horrid thiog, I see but one remedy, which is, 
to find another who pleases you roore, and who will 

liSterj to it. HYPERION. 



13th 
14th 
15th 
16th 
17th 
18th 

34 



MAY 



Happy, thrice happy every ooe 
Who sees his labour well begun, 
And not perplexed and multiplied. 
By idly waiting for time and tide. 

THE BUILOINO OF THE SHIP 



19th 

20th 

21st 

22d 

23d 

24th 

35 



MAY 



Write on your doors the saying wise and old, 
"Be bold! be bold! and everywhere be bold; 
Be not too bold ! " Yet better the excess 
Tban the defect. 

MORITURI SALUTAMUS. 



25th 



26th 



27th 



28th 



29th 



30th 

36 



MAY 



Wben the heart goes before like a lamp, and 

UlumiQes the pathway, 
Many tbings are made clear that else lie 

hidden in darkness. 



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37 



JUNE 



1st 



2d 



3d 



4th 



5th 



6th 



LiKe the swell of some sweet tune. 
Moroing rises ioto noon, 
May glides onward into Juoe. 

MAIDENHOOD. 

Their blessing is the light of peace 
That sbines upon her face. 

THE GOOD PART. 



39 



JUNE 



From that hour forth be resolved that he 
would no longer veer v\/ith every sbiftlog vjmd 
of circumstance— no longer be a child's play- 
thing in the hands of Fate, w/hich v/ve ourselves 
do make or mar. hvperion. 



Tth 
8th 
9th 
10th 

nth 

12th 

40 



JUNE 



But the good deed through the ages 
Living in historic pages, 
Brighter grows and gleams iromortal. 
Unconsumed by rooth or rust. 

THE NORMAN BARON. 



13th 
14th 
15th 
16th 
17th 
18th 

41 



JUNE 



Love, love, what wilt thou with this heart of mine ? 

Naugnt see I fixed< or sure in thee! 
I do oot know thee, nor what deeds are thine; 
Love, love, what wilt thou with this heart ol-" mine ? 

Naught see I fixed or sure io thee! 

RONDEL. 



19th 

20th 

2Ist 

22d 

23d 

24th 

42 



JUNE 



Oh, fear not io a world like this, 
And tbou Shalt kr)ow ere long, 

Kqow bow sublime a thing it is 
To suffer and be strong. 

THE LIQHT OF STARS. 



25th 
26th 
27th 
28th 
29th 
30th 

43 



JUNE 



Toiling, rejoicing, sorrowing, 

Onward tbrougb life he goes; 
Each moroing sees soroe task begin, 

Each evening sees it close; 
Something atteropted, sometbiog done. 

Has earoed a night's repose. 

THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. 



44 



JULY 



Where'er my footsteps waoder 
All tbe meadows wave with blossonjs, 
All the woodlands ring with music, 
All tbe trees are dark with foliage. 

HIAWATHA. 



1st 

2d 

3d 

4th 

5th 

6th 

46 



JULY 



O weary hearts! O slumbering eyes! 
O drooping souls whose destinies 

Are fraught with fear and pain, 

Ye shall be loved again ! 

ENOYMION, 



7th 

8th 

9th 

10th 

nth 

J2th 

47 



JULY 



Silently OQe by one, in the iofinite meadow of 

heaven, 
Blossomed the lovely stars, tbe forget-me-nots 

of the aogels. 

EVANQELINE. 



13th 
14th 
15th 
i6th 
17th 

18th 

48 



JULY 



The taleot of success is notbing more thar) doing 
what you can do well, aod doing well whatever you 
do without a thought of fame. hyperion. 



19th 



20th 



21st 



22d 



23d 



24th 



JULY 



Build to-day, then, strong and sure. 
With a firm and ample base; 

And ascending and secure 

Shall to-morrow find its place 



THE BUILDERS. 



25th 
26th 
2Tth 
28th 
29th 

30th 

50 



JULY 



Let us, tben, be what we are, and speak what we 

think, and in all things 
Keep ourselves loyal to truth, and the sacred 

professions of friendship. 

THE COURTSHIP CF MILES STANDISH. 



3lst 



51 



AUGUST 



1st 



2d 



3d 



4th 



5th 



6th 



All about 
The broad sweet suoshiQe lay without, 
FilHog the suromer air. 

THE GOLDEN LEGEND. 

Let our unceasing earnest prayer 
Be, too. for light. 

THE GOBLET OF LIFE. 



53 



AUGUST 



No eodeavor is in vain ; 
Its reward is in the doing, 
And the rapture of pursuing 

Is the prize the vanquished gain. 

THE WIND OVER THE CHIMNEY. 



7th 
8th 
9th 
10th 

nth 

I2th 

54 



AUGUST 



For hiro that overcometh are 
The new name written on tbe stone, 
The raiment white, the crown, the throne, 

And 1 will give hino the Morniog Star! 

TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN. 



13th 
14th 
15th 
16th 
17th 

18th 

55 



AUGUST 



All common tbings, each) day's events, 
That with the hour begin and end, 

Our pleasures and our disconteots, 

Are rounds by which we may ascend. 

THE LADDER OF ST. AUQUSTINE. 



19th 

20th 

21st 

22d 

23d 

24th 

56 



AUGUST 



We have not wings, we cannot soar; 

But we have feet to scale arjd climb, 
By slow degress, by roore and nnore. 

The cloudy summits of our time. 

THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE. 



25th 

26th 

27th 

28th 

29th 

30th 

57 



AUGUST 



Be not like a stream tbat brawls, 
Loud witb shallow waterfalls, 
But, in quiet self-control, 
Liok. together soul aod soul. 

SONQO RIVER. 



31st 



58 



SEPTEMBER 



there is a beautiful spirit breathing qow 
Its mellow richness on the clustered trees. 
And, from a beaker full of richest dyes, 
Pouring r)ew glory oq the autumn woods. 

AUTUMN. 



1st 

2d 

3d 

4th 

5th 

6th 

60 



Tth 



8th 



9th 



10th 



nth 



12th 



SEPTEMBER 



Love against batred, 

Peace-cry for war-cry! 

Patience is powerful ; 

He that o'ercometh 

Hath power o'er the nations ! 

THE MUSICIAN'S TALE. 



61 



SEPTEM BER 



Haods of invisible spirits touch the strings 
Of that mysterious instrument, the soul, 
And pray tbe prelude to our fate. 

THE SPANISH STUDENT. 

The grave itself is but a covered bridge 

Leadlog from light to ligbt tbrough a brief dar^oess. 

THE QOLDEN LEOENO. 



13th 
14th 
15th 
16th 
17th 

)8th 

62 



SEPTEMBER 



O what a glory doth this world put on 
For biro, who with a ferveot heart, goes forth 
Under the bright aod glorious sky, and looks 
On duties well performed, and days well speQt 
For him the wind, ay, aod the yellow leaves. 
Shall have a voice and give him eloquent 

teachings. autu 



19th 

20th 

21st 

22d 

23cl 

24th 

63 



SEPTEM BER 



At the flaming forge of life, 

Our fortunes must be wrought; 

Thus on tbe sounding anvil shaped 
Each burning deed and thought. 

THE VILLAQE BLACKSMITH. 



25th 
26th 
2Tth 
28th 
29th 
30th 

64 



SEPTEMBER 



Our hearts, our hopes, are ail with thee; 
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears 
Our faith thumpbant o'er our fears. 

Are all with tbee,— are all with thee 1 

THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP 



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OCTOBER 



Autumn 
Painted all the trees with scarlet. 
Stained the leaves witb red and yellow. 

THE SONQ OF HIAWATHA 

With a sober gladoess the old year takes up 
His bright inheritaoce of golden fruits> 



1st 

2d 

3d 

4th 

5th 

6th 

67 



OCTOB ER 



Let us do our work as well, 

Botb the unseen and the seen; 

MaKe the house where God may dwell, 
Beautiful, entire aod clean. 

THE BUILDERS. 



7th 

8th 

9th 

10th 

11th 

12th 

68 



OCTOBER 



Tbou whose heart 
Is like a nest of singing birds 
Rocked oq the topmost bough of life. 
Wilt thou, too, from our sky depart. 
And in the clangour of the strife 
Mingle the music of tby words ? 

THE GOLDEN LEQEND. 



13th 
14th 
15 th 
16th 
17th 
18th 

69 



OCTOBER 



Alas ! It is not till time, with reckless haod. has 
torn out half tbe leaves from tbe Book of Hunian 
Life to light the fires of passion with, from day to 
day, that man begins to see that the leaves which 
remaiQ are few in number. 

HYPERION. 



19th 

20th 

21st 

22d 

23d 

24th 

70 



OCTO BER 



Whene'er a ooble deed is wrought, 
Whene'er is spoken a noble thought. 

Our hearts io glad surprise. 

To higher levels rise. 



25th 

26th 

27th 

28th 

29th 

30th 

71 



OCTOBER 



Woodrous truths, and manifold as wondrous, 
God bath written iq those stars above; 

But not less in the bright flowerets under us 
Stands the revelation of His love. 



31st 



72 




Resignation. 



NO VEM BER 



Shadows darK and sunlight sbeen 
Alteroate come and go. 

VOICES OF THE NIQHT. 

Make your natT)e spotless as lilies are. 

THE SPANISH STUDENT. 



1st 

2d 

3d 

4th 

5th 

6th 

74 



NOVEMBER 



O life and love! O happy tbrong 
Of thougbts wbose only speecb is song! 
O heart of man ! canst thou not be 
Blitbe as the air is, and as free ? 

A OAY OF SUNSHINE. 



7th 

8th 

9th 

10th 

11th 

12th 

75 



NOVEMBER 



Let not bim that putteth his haod to the plough 

look bacKwards ; 
Though the ploughshare cut through the flowers 

of life to its fountains. 



THE COURTSHIP OF Mlk.ES 8TANDISH. 



13th 
14th 
15th 
16th 
I7th 

18th 

76 



NOVEMBER 



Iq the world's broad field of battle. 

In the bivouac of life, 
Be oot like dumb, driven cattle ! 

Be a hero in the strife ! 

A PSALM OF LIFE. 



19th 

20th 
21st 
22d 
23d 

24th 

77 



NOVEM BER 



Nothing useless is, or low ; 

Eacb thiQg in its place is best; 
And what seems but idle show 

Strengthens and supports the rest. 

THE BUILDERS. 



25th 
26th 
27th 
28th 
29th 

30th 

78 



NO VEMB ER 



Bear through sorrow, wrong and ruth, 
In thy heart the dew of youth, 
On thy lips the smile of truth. 



A noble type of good, 
Heroic woroanbood. 



MAIDENHOOD. 



SANTA FILOMENA. 



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DECEMBER 



fl wind came up out of the sea. 

Aod said, "O mists maKe room for n)e," 

It hailed the sbips, aod cried "Sail oo 
Ye mariners, tbe night is gone." 

OAYBRBAK. 



1st 

2d 

3d 

4th 

5th 

6th 

81 



DECEM BER 



Ever thicker, tblcker. thicker 
Froze the ice on lake and river, 
Ever deeper, deeper, deeper 
Fell the sqow o'er all the landscape. 

HIAWATHA. 



7th 

8th 

9th 

10th 

nth 

12th 

82 



DECEM BER 



For what is Tiroe ? The shadow on the dial, — the 
striking of the clock,— the runoing of the sood,— day 
and night, — summer ar)d winter, — roonths, years, 
centuries. These are but arbitrary and outward signs 
— tbs measure of Time, not Time itself. Time is the 
life of the Soul. hyperion. 



13th 



14th 
i5th 
I6th 
17 th 

Idth 

83 



DECEMBER 



Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions 

Not froiT) the ground arise, 
But ofteotimes celestial benedictions 

Assume this dark disguise. 

RESIQNATION. 



19th 

20th 

21st 

22d 

23d 

24th 

84 



DECEMBER 



I heard the bells on Christmas Day 
Their old fanjiliar carols play, 

And wild aod .sweet 

The words repeat 
Of "Peace on earth, good will to hneo-" 

CHRISTMAS BELLS. 



25th 
26th 
27th 
28th 
29th 
30th 

85 



DECEMBER 



Wassail for tbe King'V stranger 
Born and cradled in a roanger ! 
King, like David, priest, like Aaron. 

Christ is born to set us free 



THE NORMAN BARON. 



31st 



86 



YES, tbe year is growing old, 
find bis eyes are pale ar)d bleared ! 
Deatl) witb) frosty hand and cold 

Plucks the old rr^ao by tl^e beard, 
Sorely,— sorely ! 

The leaves are falling, falling, 

SolemQly agd slow; 
Caw I Caw I t^e rooKs are calling. 

!t is a sound of woe, 
A sound of woe! 

Tl^rough) woods OQd mountain passes 
The winds, like aQtheros roll ; 

They are chantiQg solemn masses, , 
SingiQg: " Pray for this poor soul. 
Pray, — pray ! " 

MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR. 



87 



NOTES 



Let us kneel down, and side by side 
Pray, till our souls are purified, 
And pardon will QOt be denied. 

THE GOLDEN LEGEND. 

All things rejoice in youth and love. 
The fulness of their first deligbt! 

IT IS NOT ALWAYS MAY. 



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NOTES 



Aod tbe night shall be Filled with music, 
And the cares that infest the day 

Shall fold their tents liKe tbe Arabs. 
And as sileotly steal away. 

THE DAY IS DONE. 



NOTES 



O world ! So few the years we live, 
Would that the life which thou dost give 
Were life indeed ! coplas de maurique. 

VisioQS of childhood! Stay, O stay! 
Ye were so sweet and wild ! 



90 



NOTES 



In your life let my remerobrance iioger. 

THE QOLDEN LEQENO. 

Not in word aloQe, but in deed, to love 
one another. 

EVANQELINE. 



91 



NOTES 



Our Lord and Master, 
Wben He departed, left us iQ His will, 
As our best legacy on earth, the poor ! 
These we have always with us; had we not, 
Our hearts would grow as hard as these stones. 

THE QOLDEN LEGEND. 



92 



NOTES 



All tbe means of action— 
The shapeless masses— the roaterlals — 
Lie everywhere about us. What we need 
Is the celestial fire to change the fllQt 
Into transparent crystal, bright aod clear. 

THE SPANISH STUDENT. 



93 



NOTES 



Each man's chironey is his goldeo milestone, 

Is the central point frori) which he measures every 

distance 
Through the gateways of the world arouod him. 

THE QOLDEN MILESTONE. 



94 



NOTES 



flU dear recollections 
Pressed in my heart, like flowers witbin a book. 

THE SPANISH STUDENT. 

Every roan must patieQtly bide his time. 
He must wait. 

HYPERION- 



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